STATE UNIVERSITIES
Ferris State $30 million project promotes welding, advanced technology
Ferris State University’s Swan Technical Arts Building will undergo a significant expansion as part of a state of Michigan capital outlay project recently signed by Gov. Rick Snyder. The $30 million project will turn the Center for Welding Excellence and Center for Advanced Manufacturing into a reality on the Big Rapids campus. The project will expand academic and laboratory space for College of Engineering Technology programs such as welding and advanced manufacturing.
MSU extension educator opens new U.P. office
Michigan State University is pairing with Lake Superior State University for a collaboration to help connect resources with the communities and residents of the eastern Upper Peninsula. A Michigan Sea Grant Extension educator will be based in Sault Ste. Marie on the LSSU campus and provide education and outreach programming related to commercial, tribal, and aquaculture fisheries; coastal community development, including tourism and Great Lakes commerce; water quality; and coastal ecosystems.
Wayne State grant boosts primary care nurse practitioner workforce
WSU’s College of Nursing was recently awarded a three-year $1.9 million Health Resources and Services Administration Advanced Nursing Education grant to enhance advanced practice registered nurse clinical education and to address the demand for an increased primary care nurse practitioner workforce. The college is one of only 17 institutions nationwide to receive the grant.
PEER INSTITUTIONS
UCLA institute receives $69.6 million NIH grant
The University of California-Los Angeles Clinical and Translational Science Institute, a research partnership of UCLA, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and others, has received a $69.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The consortium is one of more than 60 partnerships established by the NIH to enhance biomedical research leading to more effective patient treatments.
Stanford: Police in N.C. more likely to search black, Hispanic drivers
By analyzing 4.5 million traffic stops in 100 North Carolina cities, Stanford University researchers have found police in the state are more likely to search black and Hispanic motorists, using a lower threshold of suspicion, than when they stop white or Asian drivers. Researchers found the more numerous searches are less likely to uncover illegal drugs or weapons than searches of vehicles with white or Asian drivers.
